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In Tarrant County, Texas, defendants are sometimes strapped with a stun belt around their legs. The devices are used to deliver a shock in the event the person gets violent or attempts to escape. But in the case of Terry ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Democrat-controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York’s Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don’t address the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — There’s a new proposal to overhaul government sexual harassment policies in New York state. The Senate’s Republican majority announced the measure Tuesday. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Catharine Young, the legislation would create a new, uniform policy ...

DETROIT — David Gavitt spent 26 years in prison for the deaths of his wife and two daughters before a prosecutor agreed that the evidence behind his arson conviction was no longer credible. The case helped inspire a Michigan law ...

Refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Russia probe’s special counsel Robert S. Mueller III – as former Trump aide Sam Nunberg has vowed to do – could have real consequences. Susan McDougal, a former business partner of President ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A day after Hollywood’s first Oscars of the #MeToo era, Bill Cosby went to court Monday in a bid to get his sexual assault case thrown out — or at least stop some of his dozens of ...

The seven attorneys of Ganz Wolkenbreit & Siegfeld LLP are now part of Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP in Albany. The addition of the seven attorneys brings the total number of attorneys at the Lippes Mathias Albany office to 17. ...

Monroe County this year joined a growing list of municipal and county governments across the country filing lawsuits alleging drug manufacturers, distributors and doctors conspired to create a false perception of the safety and effectiveness of opioid painkillers in order ...

Federal prosecutors say Matthew D. Lincoln, the former swim coach accused of trying to lure someone he thought was a teenage girl to have sex, admitted to all charges. “I’ve turned into some kind of creeper or pedophile,” Lincoln told ...

The Daily Record has selected 13 members of the legal community for its inaugural class of Corporate Counsel Awards honorees. The Corporate Counsel Awards are presented by The Daily Record, in partnership with Rochester Business Journal. The awards honor the ...

WASHINGTON – Some Supreme Court justices on Wednesday seemed to think Minnesota’s law banning “political” clothing and buttons from polling places is an affront to free speech, while some seemed to think it might uphold the decorum and dignity due ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. reported for jury duty in Manhattan — but didn’t get picked for a case. The Daily News says Trump was among the prospective jurors for an attempted robbery case on Wednesday. Secret Service ...